Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-20
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
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Social, Temperance and Religions Move
ments-Fires. Deaths and suicides-Raii-
road Operations and improvements.
A fire broke out in the moulding de-
partment Of the Linn Iron works, at Bir-
mingham, Ala, and the foundry, with
many valuable patterns, is total loss,
and the flames have spread to the boiler
shops. One hundred and fifty men were
employedsin the works, and the monthly
payTealized $4,000. The works are the
property ofthe Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company.
Rev. French s. Evans, one of the old
est ministers in the Methodist Church,
and for many years resident of WASH
ington, d. O., died recently at the age
of eighty.six years. He had been suffer-
ing from kidney complaint for the past
two years, but the immediate cause of his
death was cold. He was born in Nor.
gantown, Monongahela county, W. Va,
August 10, 1901. @ -
A mixed freight and passenger train on
the Cheraw s. Chester Railway, was de-
rallied while rounding sharp curve, about
fifteen miles from Chester, s. G.. Eight
freight cars were demolished and three
colored train hands injured, one serious
ly. The cause of the accident was the
bad condition of the road. 1t is said that
the crossties were so badly decayed that
the spikes would not stay in them, and
that the weight of the train caused the
track to spread. The road is leased and
operated by the Richmond s. Danville
Railway.
d. r. Reed was convicted in the Court
of General Sessions at Sumter, S. c., of
aggravated assault upon his wife, and
was remanded to Jail to await sentence.
He stated that he would die before he
would 60 to the penitentiary. That
night about 11.45 o'clock, the jailer was
aroused by noise in the building, and
on going into the cell corridor was in
formed by one of the prisoners that Reed
was trying to kill himself. The jailer
told them, "Let him lOne," and went
back to bed. Next morning the dead
body of Reed was found hanging by his
shirt from the window bars of his cell.
A. ]. Taylor, well-known farmer of
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his friend, John L. Long, in Columbia, 8.
g. After pleasant chat with the family
he retired to his bedroom about 10
o'clock. At $3.50 next morning servant
was sent to his room to awaken him.
There was no response to his knock, and
upon opening the door he was repelled by
the strong smell of gas. He then went
in and found Mr.. Taylor black in the
face, gasping and foaming at the mouth,
and the window down. He had blown
out the gas on retiring. 1t took the doc
tors half day to bring him to.
A heavy robbery of the Pacific Express
safe, somewhere between Little Rock and
Northern Texas, on the Iron Mountain
road, occurred. The robbed safe was
one with combination known only to
agents at principal stations. A few days
ago, on reaching Texarkana with his run,
the messenger, named Owens, in charge
Of this had his way bills checked COX" :"
He said he had to go to Dallas and see
the superintendent about some claim. He
went, returned, then went to ST. Louis,
and thence over to Illinois. Down in
Texas, a couple of days later, the discov-
cry was made of the robbery. The
amount is not exactly known, but Is esti-
mated from thirty to sixty thousand dol
/ lara